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P. G. SEWARD.

REOEPTAGLE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 14,1910.

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To all whom it may concern: l 7

Be it known that I, PERoy G. SnwARn, -a citizen of the United States, residing at Petersburg, in the county'of Dinwiddie and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Receptacles; and I do-hereby declare the following to be and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others "skilled in the art to which it appertains to. make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in.

portable receptacles, and while the invention is peculiarly adapted for use with traveling bags or satchels, the, same may be; equally applied'with reference to'boxes or cartons,

. lunch boxes or dinner pails and for various simila uses. It will be understood, therefore, that .the term receptacles isintended to cover other articles as well as traveling bags. It will also be understood that in constructing the article to which the invention-is applied, the material out of which the article is made is immaterial, as the invention .will be useful whether the materialis stiff or pliable or whether a metal, fiber, leather, or

other materials out of Which-similar articles are customarily made.

. In traveling bags as heretofore construct ed, especially where hard or non-pliable material is employed, it has been found impracticableto manufacture the bag without the use of end ssets allowing the necessary folding in of ti: top. i f

One of the objects of this invention is to overcome this objection and other objects and advanta eswill appear from. the following. description, the particular features \of novelty being pointed out more distinctly, in the claims. i

While the invention is not restricted to the exact details shown and described,-still, for

the purpose of disclosure, reference is had' to the accompanying drawings illustrat-ing a practicable embodiment of the invention in which like letters designate the same parts, and in which Figure 1 is a erspective View showmgan open traveling ha of rigid maternal with my invention applied. 7. Fig. 2 is a cross. sec.- tion looking from the interior toward the end of the bag, the inside end wall being broken away showing sliding end walls locked in their open positiorn Fig. 3 1s a similar viewto Fig. 2 showing the parts in their closed position, and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 Specification of" Letters Patent.

It will also be observed showing the invendifferent forms of boxes or receptacles, illustrating the ap lication of the invention to articles other t an traveling bags. a

Referring to the construction illustrated in Figsl to 3, in which the traveling bag is shown as formed from stifiened material, such as fiberoid or the like, 1 designates the bottom, 2 the lower side Walls and 3 the upper sidewalls, flexing at 4: and when bent inwardly formin the top of the bag. -5 designates the en walls which are provided with the triangularextensions 6 which may slightly flex inwardly, if desired, on the line 7, and which end wallsconsists of a pair of members 5, 6, 5 and 6 spaced apart to form guiding means for the inturned flaps 8 of the upper side Walls 3 flexed as at 9 at ri ht angles to said upper side walls and provided, withthe' curved edges 10 having at one end depressions 11 and at the other end provided with a recess or 'notch 12 and the projecting lug 13 adjacent said notch and ter-' minating in a position outside of the curved edge 10.

Patented Nov, 15, 191W. Application filed July 14, 1910. Serial No. 572,056.

The various walls referred to may be out w outfrom suitable blanks and secured togetherin any suitable way, as b means-of rivets 14, and the upper end o the triangular portions 6 and 6 and in these slots are located spacing studs 16 properly headed and slidingly mounted. that one of thetop be bent over as at 3 side walls or cover may the bag is closed and to form an overlap when if desired a reinforcing or stifl'ened strip may outside of the turned be used on the inside or overlap extending from end to end. While they form no part of the present invention, it will also be understood that the travelin bag is provided with a suitable handle 1% are slotted as at 15] fastening members 18 and locking means 19.

I Figs. 4, 5, and 6 being simply diagrammatic to illustrate other forms of receptacles, they need no further description, other than that, in these constructions the upper end walls are spaced as heretofore described and the tops are provided with inturned aps 8 1 i It will be observed that in constructions where the article is built of non-pliable material, they require no frame work and it will be equally observed that if the articles are to-be made up of flexible material, a

suitable frame work may be employed and I stiffening means for the inturned flaps and spaced walls provided.

Having thus described the invention as particularly applicable for use in traveling bags as well as other articles it will be seen that in operation (Figs. 1 and 2) the sliding studs 16 are dropped down into the recesses or notches 12 and will hold the cover in its open position until the spacing studs are slid upwardly. It will also be seen that the projecting lugs or shoulders 13 limit the outward swing of the cover by engaging the spacing studs whether they are in their upper or in their lower position. From this it will be noted that the width of opening of the top may be regulated by the width and shape of the inturned flaps and the location of the locking notches relatively thereto. From Fig. 3 it will be observed that when the cover is closed, the spacing studs seat in the depressions on the curved edges 10.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is: v

1. In a receptacle, 2. body portion formed a from a bottom and side and end walls, each of said end walls being-provided with a triangular extension, having its apex disposed upwardly and comprising rlgidly ma1n-.

bottom, end and side tained spaced members having oppositely disposed open upper edges forming guiding recesses, and said side walls being provided with hinged extensions havin inturned stiffenedflaps operating in said guiding recesses, and said hinged extensions forming a cover for said receptacle, substantially as described.

2'. In a receptacle,

walls suitably secured together, said end walls comprising spaced members and the said side walls being provided with hinged extensions having in-. turned stiffened flaps terminating at their inner ends in notched shoulders, in combination with spacing lugs slidably mounted in slots at the upper end ofv said spaced members, each spacing lug cooperating with the notches of adjacent inturned flaps for limiting the outer swing'of said hinged extensions and locking same in their distended positions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

. PERCY G. SEWARD.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. Quioxn, J12,- JAMEs M. QUICKE.

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